Jong Ajax

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Dutch football club

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Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is the reserve team of Ajax. Based at the club's training complex, Sportpark De Toekomst, in Amsterdam, it has competed in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch professional football, since 2013.

Jong Ajax is the only reserve side to have won a Dutch professional league title, claiming the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie with a squad that included Noussair Mazraoui, Noa Lang and Danilho Doekhi. Under national regulations the team cannot be promoted to the Eredivisie or enter the KNVB Cup, and its primary purpose is to develop players for Ajax's senior squad.

History

Jong Ajax (formerly more commonly known as Ajax 2). The team is composed mostly of professional footballers, who are often recent graduates from the highest youth level (Ajax A1)

Since 1992 Jong Ajax have competed in the Beloften Eredivisie, competing against other reserve teams such as Jong PSV, Jong FC Groningen or Jong AZ. It has won the Beloften Eredivisie title a record eight times, as well as the KNVB Reserve Cup three times, making it the most successful reserve squad in the Netherlands. By winning the Beloften Eredivisie title, Jong Ajax were able to qualify for the actual KNVB Cup, even advancing to the semi-finals on three occasions. Its best result in the Dutch Cup was under manager Jan Olde Riekerink in 2001–02, when a semi-final loss to FC Utrecht in a Penalty shoot-out after extra time, which saw Utrecht advance, and thus preventing an Ajax vs. Jong Ajax Dutch Cup final.

The 2013–14 season marked the Jupiler League debut of the AFC Ajax reserves' squad Jong Ajax. Previously playing in the Beloften Eredivisie (a separate league for reserve teams, not included in the Dutch professional or amateur league structure) players were allowed to move around freely between the reserve team and the first team during the course of the season. This is no longer the case as Jong Ajax now registers and fields a separate squad from that of Ajax first team for the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands. Its home matches are played at Sportpark De Toekomst, except for the occasional match in the Amsterdam Arena. The only period in which players are able to move between squads is during the transfer windows, unless the player has made less than 15 appearances for the first team, then he is still eligible to appear in both first team and second team matches during the course of the season. Furthermore, the team is not eligible for promotion to the Eredivisie or to participate in the KNVB Cup. Jong Ajax was joined in the Eerste Divisie by Jong FC Twente and Jong PSV, reserve teams that have also moved from the Beloften Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, replacing VV Katwijk, SC Veendam and AGOVV Apeldoorn, and increasing the total number of teams in the league from 16 to 20.

Jong Ajax left the Beloften Eredivisie in 2013, having held a 21-year tenure in the reserves league, and having won the league title a record eight times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009).

Players

Current squad

:As of 21 January 2026

Staff

  • Manager: Dave Vos
  • Assistant managers: Yuri Rose and Urby Emanuelson
  • Goalkeeper coach: Erik Heijblok

Former head coaches

Honours

Main article: List of AFC Ajax honours

Official trophies (recognized by UEFA and FIFA)

National

International

Other trophies

  • Den Helder Maritime Tournament (2): 1996, 2010

References

References

  1. "De Toekomst - de Club".
  2. "De Toekomst – Ajax". [[AFC Ajax Amsterdam]].
  3. (23 May 2013). "Reserveteams Ajax en Twente in Jupiler League". AD.nl.
  4. (19 October 2012). "De Boer laat 'herstelde' Sulejmani bij Jong Ajax". Volkskrant.
  5. (24 September 2008). "Dutch KNVB Cup – ESPN Soccernet". [[ESPN]].
  6. "Jong Ajax wordt tegen Telstar ontgroed in Eerste Divisie". Ajaxlife.nl.
  7. "Reserveteams Ajax en Twente in Jupiler League". AD.nl.
  8. (4 June 2013). "Jong PSV vervangt Katwijk in eerste divisie". NU.nl.
  9. (5 June 2013). "Ook Jong PSV naar Jupiler League". NOS.nl.
  10. "Beloften Eredivisie Statistics". Voetbal International.
  11. "Alle informatie over Jong Ajax - Ajax.nl".

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